GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |